New York Times | Shiites in Iraq Hailing Putin for Syria Push New York Times NAJAF, Iraq — One of the most popular Facebook posts in Iraq's Shiite heartland is a Photoshopped image of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia dressed in the robe of a southern tribal sheikh. It was the American-led invasion in 2003 that toppled ... Putin intervention in Syria buoys Iraq's disillusioned Shiites |
USA TODAY | Iraq says it bombed Islamic State leader's convoy USA TODAY The Iraqi Air Force has bombed the convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Iraq's western Anbar province, the Iraqi military said Sunday. The condition and location of al-Baghdadi were not known, the military said. It did not say when ... Convoy including ISIS leader hit by airstrike, Iraq's military says Iraq IS: Military claims al-Baghdadi convoy hit Isis commanders killed in Iraq airstrike |
International New York Times | To Save Iraq, Arm the Kurds International New York Times More than a year after the so-called Islamic State overran Mosul and threatened Baghdad, the United States still can't rely on the Iraqi Army to defeat the jihadist forces. If President Obama wants to break the Islamic State in Iraq and give that ... |
Daily News & Analysis | Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Iraq, Syria Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, October 11, 2015 — U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials ... US, allies conduct 25 air strikes in Syria and Iraq - US military |
Press TV | Britain dismisses reports about air force orders in Iraq Yahoo News The British tabloid, Daily Star Sunday, quoted unnamed senior defense sources as saying it was just "a matter of time" before British fighters were involved in a confrontation with Russian jets over Iraq. Moscow this month began bombing rebels in Syria ... Russia calls in UK attaché on Iraq reports |
The Guardian | AWB made secret payments worth US$220m to Saddam's Iraq, court hears The Guardian The Australian wheat exporter AWB made secret payments totalling more than US$220m to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, a trial has heard. AWB's former chairman Trevor Flugge and its former group general manager trading Peter Geary are facing a civil ... Trevor Flugge, former AWB chairman, faces court over Iraq oil-for-food scandal |
CNN | Before debate with Clinton, Sanders touts vote against Iraq War CNN The email, which came from Michael Briggs, Sanders' spokesman, said the 2002 speech "shows that he has the judgment and experience to make foreign policy decisions in the best interests of the United States and our allies" and called the Iraq war vote ... In Debate Preview, Bernie Sanders Criticizes Hillary Clinton for Iraq Vote |
Reuters | Exclusive: Iraq halts plan for international bond issue due to high price Reuters Iraq, which is battling an Islamist insurgency as well as shrinking oil revenues due to low crude prices, held a week of meetings with investors in Europe and the United States last month in an effort to attract interest in the planned issue. It aimed ... |
Washington Post | Iraq says it was not warned about Russian missiles crossing its airspace Washington Post BAGHDAD — Iraq's Defense Ministry said Friday it was not informed when Russia launched more than two dozen cruise missiles across its airspace this week, and it described the lack of coordination in the region's increasingly cluttered skies as ... 'We are seeking bigger role for Russia than Americans' - Iraq defense ... Iraq leans toward Russia in war on Islamic State Iraq would welcome Russian airstrikes against ISIS |
K2 Radio | Local Veterans Sue Major Iraq War Contractor; KBR's 'Burn Pits' Spewed Toxic Waste K2 Radio Body parts and medical waste burned, too, in the pits operated by war contractor KBR just a few hundred yards from camps of American troops stationed in Iraq. Flames rose hundreds of feet high from the pits incinerating spent munitions, pesticides ... 5 Wyoming Veterans Sue Company Over Toxic Burn Pits in Iraq |